Allan Sekula Quotes
Documentary is thought to be art when it transcends its reference to the world, when the work can be regarded, first and foremost, as an act of self-expression on the part of the artist.Allan Sekula
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
Victoria Justice -
I would like to see America some day.
Hanoi Hannah -
It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath -
When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
Bear Grylls -
Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
Madeleine M. Kunin -
Both my parents are creative. My dad did act when he was younger, but they're both very creative.
Daisy Ridley
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The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.
Felix Frankfurter -
I don't want to hear about my death.
Oriana Fallaci -
Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
Ted Sarandos -
I'm at the point age-wise where I've decided it's time to pass the baton to people who have several terms in front of them and have the energy and the excitement and the engagement that is necessary to carry it on.
Dan Coats -
I live in the Dark Ages, the 17th century. Actually, I would have loved to be in Paris in the early 20th century when the Ballets Russes were there and Chanel was designing.
Iris Apfel
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I had a weirdly awesome high-school experience.
Abbi Jacobson -
Language expresses people's thinking and it was by a Word that God created the world and preserves it.
Walter Lang -
If you love living, you try to take care of the equipment.
Sally Rand -
To Perl, or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.
Larry Wall -
Celebrate my escape, sold the Glock, bought some weight. Laid back, I got some money to make. Motherfucker!
The Notorious B.I.G. -
It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity.
Alexander Hamilton
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From slavery to segregation, we remember that America did not always live up to its ideals. In fact, we often fell far short of them. But we also learned that fundamental to our national character is the drive to live out the true meaning of our creed.
Bill Frist -
Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better.
Esther Dyson -
I've done a lot of things in a business where you're lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, I'll be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else.
Felix Baumgartner -
I don't want my writing to be work to read. My main goal is completely shameless entertainment. I want people to smile and giggle and enjoy the book. I'm not trying to save the world through literature.
Gail Carriger -
Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.
John Cornyn -
Documentary is thought to be art when it transcends its reference to the world, when the work can be regarded, first and foremost, as an act of self-expression on the part of the artist.
Allan Sekula